Bonham Carter family
The Bonham-Carter family is a British family that has included several prominent people active in various spheres in the United Kingdom.
Antecedents
The Bonham-Carter family are the descendants of
Mayor of Portsmouth, himself a son of John Carter, a merchant). He assumed the additional surname Bonham by Royal Licence when he inherited the estates of his cousin Thomas Bonham.[1] Most of the Bonham-Carters have belonged to Unitarian churches
.
The first to use the
Benjamin was the father of Barbara Bodichon and Benjamin Leigh Smith
.
John and Joanna had a daughter, (Joanna) Hilary Bonham-Carter (d. 1865), who was an artist and friend of political journalist Harriet Martineau. Hilary's portraits of her cousin Florence Nightingale are held in the National Portrait Gallery.[2][3]
John and Joanna had a son, the fourth generation
Lord of the Treasury
in 1866.
His third son by his second wife,
Captain Bonham-Carter's name appears on the war memorial at the Muthaiga Country Club in Nairobi
.
The Bonham Carter family, as descended from
County of Wiltshire
.
One of the most famous members of the Bonham Carter family is Hollywood actress
British Academy Film Award
winner.
Prominent members
Living descendants are omitted, unless they are notable or have a separate Wikipedia entry. Each indentation indicates a generation.
The family members include:
- John Bonham-Carter (1788–1838), MP, married Joanna Maria Smith, daughter of William Smith (1756–1835), abolitionist.
- Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook
- Lothian George Bonham-Carter (1858–1927), married Emily Maud Sumner
- Esme Mary Maud Bonham Carter (1884–1956), married (1) Basil Murray Tomlinson, married (2) John Selwyn
- Algernon Bonham Carter (1888–1957), married Myra Foyle
- Admiral Sir Stuart Sumner Bonham Carter (1889–1972), married Eve Lloyd
- Alfred Bonham Carter (1825–1910), married Mary Henrietta Norman
- Guy Bonham Carter (1884–1915), married Kathleen Arkwright, one son, one daughter
- Alfred Erskine Bonham Carter (1880–1921), married Margaret Emily Malcolm
- Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter(1907–1975), married Marion MacIntyre Hutchinson Taylor
- Dr Richard Erskine Bonham-Carter (1910-1994)
- Peter Malcolm Bonham-Carter (1936–2019), married Clodagh Greenwood
- Crispin Daniel Bonham-Carter (b. 1969), married Katherine Julian Dawnay, four sons
- Rear-Admiral Sir
- Henry Bonham Carter (1827–1921), married Sibella Charlotte Norman
- Walter Henry Bonham-Carter (1866-1947)
- Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter (1870–1956)
- General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter (1876–1955), married Gabriele Fisher
- Victor Bonham-Carter (1913–2007)
- Graeme Bonham-Carter (born 1939)
- Victor Bonham-Carter (1913–2007)
- Sir Maurice Bonham Carter (1880–1960) married Violet Asquith, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, life peer.
- Helen Cressida Bonham Carter (1917–1997), married Jasper Ridley (1913–1944)
- Sir Adam Nicholas Ridley (born 1942), married (1) Lady Katherine Asquith (divorced) and (2) Margaret Anne Passmore, three sons
- three sons, one daughter
- Mark Raymond Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (1922–1994), MP, life peer, married Leslie Nast, three daughters
- Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (b. 1957), life peer, partner of Tim Razzall, Baron Razzall
- Raymond Henry Bonham Carter (1929–2004), married Elena Propper de Callejón, two sons, one daughter
- Edward Henry Bonham Carter (b. 1960), married Victoria Studd, two sons, one daughter
- Helena Bonham Carter (b. 1966), has children with former partner Tim Burton, one son, one daughter
- Hugh Bonham Carter (1832–1896), married Jane Margaret MacDonald (1849–1911)
- Air Commodore Ian Malcolm Bonham-Carter (1882–1953)
- Francis Hugh Bonham-Carter, married in 1911 Gillian Margaret Hope Somerville (1890–1982, later wife of prince Maximilian von Lobkowicz, 1888–1967)
- Philip Bonham-Carter (1891–1934)
See also
Notes
- ^ The titles of the three judges Baron Russell of Killowen were created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act of 1876.
References
- ^ "The Bonham Carter family, Buriton Heritage Bank". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ Portrait Gallery, National. "Collection of Joanna Hilary Bonham-Carter (1821–1865)". London NPG UK. UK Government – NPG. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- )
- ^ Obituary: Laura Grimond, The Independent, 17 February 1994. Retrieved on 19 July 2012.
External links
- Bonham Carter Family Papers, The National Archives (UK)
- ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9
- "Bonham Carter". The Peerage. 29 July 2020.
- Descendants of Samuel Smith (1728–1798)